Wikipedia:Manual of Style extended FAQ: Revision history

23 February 2024

• curprev 20:0920:09, 23 February 2024 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 29,302 bytes +3 word switch, since "notable" as a special jargon meaning on this site undo
• curprev 20:0720:07, 23 February 2024 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 29,299 bytes 0 →Why does MoS exist, and do I have to follow it?: better word undo
• curprev 20:0520:05, 23 February 2024 SMcCandlish talk contribs 29,299 bytes +5 →What principles underlie the MoS?: not a good use of "rule" undo
• curprev 18:0018:00, 23 February 2024 SMcCandlish talk contribs 29,294 bytes +744 Tone cleanup pass. Also removed most of the "you" (except where giving specific procedural advice), it was mean to sound "consultative" but maybe came off as controntational instead. And replaced most instances of "rule" except where it make particular contextual sense. undo

21 February 2024

• curprev 20:5720:57, 21 February 2024 AndyTheGrump talk contribs 28,550 bytes −10 Specific template wasn't really appropriate - not an essay from a specific Wikiproject undo
• curprev 20:4820:48, 21 February 2024 AndyTheGrump talk contribs 28,560 bytes +29 Mark as an essay, since it is clearly neither policy nor an established guideline. undo
• curprev 20:1820:18, 21 February 2024 Deor talk contribs 28,531 bytes −1 →What if an MoS rule's applicability to some case isn't entirely clear? Is there "wiggle room"?: from ==> for undo
• curprev 18:3218:32, 21 February 2024 SMcCandlish talk contribs 28,532 bytes +3,987 Go write your own essay if you disagree. Every single word of this is demonstrably correct. And it has nothign to do with any "be all and end all" of anything of any kind. undo Tag: Manual revert
• curprev 16:5716:57, 21 February 2024 Jessintime talk contribs 24,545 bytes −3,987 Undid revision 1209361660 by SMcCandlish (talk) absolutely not appropriate, MOS is not the end all and be all of Wikipedia undo Tags: Undo Reverted
• curprev 15:0415:04, 21 February 2024 SMcCandlish talk contribs 28,532 bytes +3,987 New section based on various talk-page discussions (user talk, RfCs, RM disputes, etc.) undo Tag: Reverted

9 January 2024

• curprev 00:2300:23, 9 January 2024 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 24,545 bytes +14 →What principles underlie the MoS?: ableist undo
• curprev 00:1200:12, 9 January 2024 SMcCandlish talk contribs 24,531 bytes +7 →What if I don't agree with something in MoS?: DS -> CTOP undo

25 March 2023

• curprev 12:5712:57, 25 March 2023 EEng talk contribs 24,524 bytes −15 ce undo

3 August 2021

• curprev 14:3514:35, 3 August 2021 CapitalSasha talk contribs 24,539 bytes +4 correcting name of press undo

3 January 2021

• curprev 04:1404:14, 3 January 2021 SMcCandlish talk contribs 24,535 bytes +2,296 Integrating (with minor formatting and clarity/precision/redundancy tweaks) a precise and cogent summary by User:DGG, from WP:BIRDCON, May 2014. Minor copyediting. undo

22 November 2020

• curprev 23:3023:30, 22 November 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 22,239 bytes −2 →How (and why) is a variance from an MoS rule established?: tweak undo
• curprev 23:2923:29, 22 November 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 22,241 bytes +87 →How (and why) is a variance from an MoS rule established?: clarify undo
• curprev 23:2523:25, 22 November 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 22,154 bytes +1 →How (and why) is a variance from an MoS rule established?: punct. undo
• curprev 23:2423:24, 22 November 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 22,153 bytes −7 →How (and why) is a variance from an MoS rule established?: ce undo
• curprev 23:2223:22, 22 November 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 22,160 bytes +56 →How (and why) is a variance from an MoS rule established?: ce undo
• curprev 23:2023:20, 22 November 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 22,104 bytes +3 →How (and why) is a variance from an MoS rule established?: missing word undo
• curprev 23:1823:18, 22 November 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 22,101 bytes 0 typo undo
• curprev 23:0823:08, 22 November 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 22,101 bytes −1 →Why does MoS exist, and do I have to follow it?: typo undo

2 September 2020

• curprev 08:2808:28, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 22,102 bytes +3 missing word undo
• curprev 08:1608:16, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 22,099 bytes +419 →What if I don't agree with something in MoS?: +1 point undo
• curprev 03:5603:56, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 21,680 bytes −1 .. -> . undo
• curprev 03:5503:55, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 21,681 bytes 0 para undo
• curprev 03:4303:43, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 21,681 bytes +3 missing word undo
• curprev 03:4203:42, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 21,678 bytes +4 →Why does MoS exist, and do I have to follow it?: copyediting undo
• curprev 03:3803:38, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 21,674 bytes +149 →Why does MoS exist, and do I have to follow it?: addl. point; rm. redundant link undo
• curprev 03:3303:33, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 21,525 bytes −103 rm. redundant banner (the FAQ pages are a subcategory of Wikipedia essays). undo
• curprev 03:3203:32, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 21,628 bytes +284 template update undo
• curprev 01:3201:32, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 21,344 bytes +7 ce undo
• curprev 01:3001:30, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 21,337 bytes +261 →See also: +2 undo
• curprev 01:2901:29, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 21,076 bytes −124 cat. cleanup undo
• curprev 01:2301:23, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 21,200 bytes 0 SMcCandlish moved page User:SMcCandlish/Manual of Style extended FAQ to Wikipedia:Manual of Style extended FAQ: Forgot to de-userspace this from User:SMcCandlish/Manual of Style extended FAQ; aside from some recent tweaks, it's been ready for a long time. undo
• curprev 01:2101:21, 2 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 21,200 bytes +1,854 more copyediting undo

1 September 2020

• curprev 23:5623:56, 1 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 19,346 bytes +469 →Why does MoS exist, and do I have to follow it?: revision undo
• curprev 23:4623:46, 1 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 18,877 bytes +86 →Why does MoS exist, and do I have to follow it?: correction undo
• curprev 23:4523:45, 1 September 2020 SMcCandlish talk contribs 18,791 bytes +1,443 →What if I don't agree with something in MoS?: update undo

17 December 2017

• curprev 04:5804:58, 17 December 2017 SMcCandlish talk contribs 17,348 bytes +3 →Why does MoS exist, and do I have to follow it?: This is not theoretical. undo
• curprev 04:5804:58, 17 December 2017 SMcCandlish talk contribs 17,345 bytes +1,603 misc. cleanup undo

15 December 2017

• curprev 01:3301:33, 15 December 2017 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 15,742 bytes +28 ce undo
• curprev 01:3101:31, 15 December 2017 SMcCandlish talk contribs 15,714 bytes 0 typo undo
• curprev 01:3001:30, 15 December 2017 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 15,714 bytes −1 typo undo

24 December 2016

• curprev 03:2103:21, 24 December 2016 SMcCandlish talk contribs 15,715 bytes +1 space undo
• curprev 03:2103:21, 24 December 2016 SMcCandlish talk contribs 15,714 bytes +34 link undo
• curprev 03:2003:20, 24 December 2016 SMcCandlish talk contribs 15,680 bytes +106 ce undo
• curprev 03:1803:18, 24 December 2016 SMcCandlish talk contribs 15,574 bytes +242 +cat., template undo
• curprev 02:4602:46, 24 December 2016 SMcCandlish talk contribs 15,332 bytes +122 →Why does MoS exist, and do I have to follow it?: reorg undo